X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/users/heiko/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/a7ee59558e5cf70be000dbf421d69fb6c8c171c4..5bfb4cdf352ad40304c6bbf0d826569dea761699:/src/README.UPDATING diff --git a/src/README.UPDATING b/src/README.UPDATING index 3ee3035e9..5b6bea869 100644 --- a/src/README.UPDATING +++ b/src/README.UPDATING @@ -26,6 +26,50 @@ The rest of this document contains information about changes in 4.xx releases that might affect a running system. +Exim version 4.78 +----------------- + + * The value of $tls_peerdn is now print-escaped when written to the spool file + in a -tls_peerdn line, and unescaped when read back in. We received reports + of values with embedded newlines, which caused spool file corruption. + + If you have a corrupt spool file and you wish to recover the contents after + upgrading, then lock the message, replace the new-lines that should be part + of the -tls_peerdn line with the two-character sequence \n and then unlock + the message. No tool has been provided as we believe this is a rare + occurence. + + * With OpenSSL 1.0.1+, Exim now supports TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2. If built + against 1.0.1a then you will get a warning message and the + "openssl_options" value will not parse "no_tlsv1_1": the value changes + incompatibly between 1.0.1a and 1.0.1b, because the value chosen for 1.0.1a + is infelicitous. We advise avoiding 1.0.1a. + + "openssl_options" gains "no_tlsv1_1", "no_tlsv1_2" and "no_compression". + + COMPATIBILITY WARNING: The default value of "openssl_options" is no longer + "+dont_insert_empty_fragments". We default to unset. That old default was + grandfathered in from before openssl_options became a configuration option. + Empty fragments are inserted by default through TLS1.0, to partially defend + against certain attacks; TLS1.1+ change the protocol so that this is not + needed. The DIEF SSL option was required for some old releases of mail + clients which did not gracefully handle the empty fragments, and was + initially set in Exim release 4.31 (see ChangeLog, item 37). + + If you still have affected mail-clients, and you see SSL protocol failures + with this release of Exim, set: + openssl_options = +dont_insert_empty_fragments + in the main section of your Exim configuration file. You're trading off + security for compatibility. Exim is now defaulting to higher security and + rewarding more modern clients. + + * Ldap lookups returning multi-valued attributes now separate the attributes + with only a comma, not a comma-space sequence. Also, an actual comma within + a returned attribute is doubled. This makes it possible to parse the + attribute as a comma-separated list. Note the distinction from multiple + attributes being returned, where each one is a name=value pair. + + Exim version 4.77 -----------------